Fox_

1982 5-speed

Rear shift coupling.

Trying to remove it in order to change bushings. I removed the one grub screw from the rear portion of the coupling. I can't feel anymore grub screws yet it will not budge off the transmission side shaft.

What am I missing here.

Mrmerlin

does the the rear section of the coupler move at all on the shift rod?.
heat the rear section ,
put a wet rag over the part of the trans where the shift rod comes out of the trans ,
after its hot tap it with a small mallet it may have been installed with loctite and heat will loosen it

Fox_

It was glued with something. I got perturbed enough to take a big hammer and give the shifter a good wack.

Flew right off.

Replaced the bushings and put it back on the car already. Car tested fine with no apparent damage to transmission.

I'm going to call this a success.

fraggle

Great news, good to hear of some success with these things!

Mark Thornton

I have a 85 five speed and the shifter is very sloppy.. is it a hard job to replace the bushings?

Eplebnista

Yes and no. There are three distinct challenges to the job, and how difficult they are depends on luck and circumstance. Challenge one is getting the rubber boot over the linkage out of the way and then getting it back over the linkage when you are done. In some cars, this boot was done away by a PO and is not an issue. In my case I couldn't get the narrow end back over the linkage when done until I jury rigged a tool using two drum brake self adjuster spoons and a hose clamp as shift linkage boot speculum. Challenge two is the grub screw holding the linkage on. Do a search and you will find some have a devil of a time getting it off intact. Mine came right off. Challenge number three is getting the new bushings pressed in, particularly if you replace the originals with delrin bushings like I did. Again, search is your friend. Some have had success pressing these in using sockets and a big C clamp. This was a fail for me but I have a Harbor Freight twenty minutes away and bought a twelve ton press, put it together and pressed those bushings right in. The press has proven to be well worth the money many times over since.

As is often the case, the first time you do this it takes half a day. Now I could do it in half an hour.

Fox_

Very accurate post.

For replacing the bushings... A socket, a hammer, a vice, and a conveniently sized bolt that happened to be laying near got the job done fairly easily for me.

Mark Thornton

I am going to try to do this job I have use of a lift and a press.. my shift linkage is very sloppy so I think the bushings are all bad, I am also getting ready to change out the timing belt as I have no ref. to when it was done last. along with a ton of other referbs I am doing to it. Dash pod ect. I finally have the car running well . Thanks to the help of Listers on this site.. I wish someone made a video of the linkage change out.

Mike Frye

ha ha. No one wants people to see them wrestling with their own car.

It's not fun and as mentioned above, the specific circumstances seem to vary a bit so the technique may need to as well.

Fox_

My tired, abused 'ol 928 didn't even have any bushings left in the linkage.

I've been piddling off and on my car for 9 months and it hasn't seen the road yet. It was pretty well trashed when I got it, but now its sorted mechanically and turn key start.

Just electrical issues and cosmetic work, which I hate, remaining.

For what I have in the car I could have bought a reasonable condition roadworthy 928, but where's the fun in that?

Mark Thornton

I hear that.. I doubled what I paid for the car and still not finished.